Insider News | Why These Women Are Training To Climb Everest In Full Skirts | Insider News @InsiderNews | Uploaded 6 months ago | Updated 1 hour ago
Four Indigenous Aymara climbers hope to become the first Bolivian women to summit Mount Everest. They plan on wearing the traditional pollera, once a symbol of oppression dating back to the 16th century.

00:00 - Intro
00:25 - 'Like being in heaven'
00:51 - Huayna Potosi Mountain
01:34 - Living at a high altitude in Bolivia
02:21 - Climbing in skirts with limited gear
02:55 - Pollera, skirt once a symbol of oppression
03:03 - "Cholitas Luchadores" wrestlers
03:21 - ImillaSkate skateboarders
03:31 - Chemist Silveria Cutipa Pari
03:47 - Learning self-defense
04:12 - Funding for Everest
04:29 - Credits

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'Cholitas' Hope To Become First Bolivian Women To Climb Mount Everest